Hendrik Strauss’s Reviews > The Charterhouse of Parma > Status Update

The beginning was so strong(!), but in the middle it feels hard to care about the protagonist, and what is going to happen to him. Well, that's a bit harsh.
I want to continue the story and find out. It's not bad.
It's just not always feeling meaningful. It's like a well conducted soap opera. The plot has moments of emotion and worth, revealing thoughts... but the otherwise briskly moving story is dragging at times.